Solid Fuel Torch

ABSTRACT

A solid fuel torch comprises a stand including a containing portion, a solid fuel means which is received in the containing portion of the stand including solid fuel and a wick protruding from the solid fuel and a flame collector mounted on the solid fuel means and including a casing means having a guiding portion and a main body. Wherein the guiding portion pierces the main body and includes a first end above the top of the main body, a second end below the top of the main body and a central channel defined therethrough, with the central channel provided above the wick of the solid fuel means.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

1. Field of the Invention

The present invention relates to a torch and more particularly to asolid fuel torch having a flame collector which is adapted forcentralizing flames of the torch and increase height of the flames.

2. Description of the Related Art

Camping and picnics often include a torch. Many individuals enjoystaying around a torch, especially in the evening when it becomes cool.

Outdoor fireplaces are well-known in the art, and are generally used toprovide outdoor heat and/or to provide an aesthetically appealingappearance of a wood fireplace. Various prior art outdoor fireplaces areillustrated, for example, in Taiwan Pat. No. 094217780.

While the outdoor fireplaces of the prior art provide a number ofadvantageous features, they nevertheless have certain limitations. Asdescribed herein, the present invention seeks to overcome certain ofthese limitations and other drawbacks of the prior art, and to providenew features not heretofore available.

Moreover, solid wax, coal oil and gas are usually used as source withthe conventional torch; but unstable characteristics of coal oil and gasoften cause the safety problems. Comparatively, solid wax is safer whileburning. Cotton wick is arranged in the center of the solid wax,however, the conventional cotton wick often seems to havedisproportionately small diameter as to have some disadvantages asfollows:

Solid wax would be dissolved in 80 degrees Centigrade and soaked by thecotton wick. During burning, the solid wax is decreased and the heightof cotton wick is getting lower so that the height of the flames can notbe maintained like the very start.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a solidfuel torch including a flame collection allowing flames of the torchburning steadily and increasing the height of the flames. The torchfurther includes a stand having a containing portion, with thecontaining portion adapted for receiving a solid fuel means. The solidfuel means has a wick protruding from solid fuel, with diameter of thewick larger than the one eighth diameter of the solid fuel. The flamecollection is mounted on the solid fuel means and includes an enclosedbarrel and a casing means. The enclosed barrel is disposed in thecontaining portion, and a channel is defined between the solid fuelmeans and the enclosed barrel, with the channel having a premeditatedwidth. The casing means includes a main body and a guiding portionpiercing the main body, with a central channel defined in the guidingportion and communicating with the solid fuel means.

A feature to the present invention is that the guiding portion of thecasing means is in form of a hollow awl and includes a first end and asecond end, with the first end of the guiding portion above the top ofthe main body of the casing means, with the second end of the guidingportion below the top of the main body of the casing means. A pluralityof apertures are provided on the second end of the guiding portion andadapted for guiding air into the central channel of the casing means asto increase the height of flames. And the awl guiding portionpressurizes the guided air as to centralize the flames.

Other objectives, advantages, and features of the invention will becomemore apparent from the following detailed description when taken inconjunction with the accompanying drawings.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

The present invention will be described via detailed illustration of thepreferred embodiment referring to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is an exploded view of a solid fuel torch according to thepreferred embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of the solid fuel torch shown in FIG.1.

FIG. 3 is another cross-sectional view similar to FIG. 2, butillustrating a user uses the cap means to extinguish flames on thetorch.

FIG. 4 is a partial, perspective view of the solid fuel torch shown inFIG. 1.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the solid fuel torch shown in FIG. 1,illustrating the cap means is hanged on the stand of the torch.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT

An embodiment of the present invention will now be discussed withreference to FIGS. 1 through 5. As shown in FIGS. 1 through 4, a solidfuel torch include s a stand 10, a solid fuel means 20 and a flamecollector mounted on th e solid fuel means 20. The solid fuel means 20and the flame collector are both disposed on the stand 10.

The stand 10 consists of numbers of stand legs 101, numbers of firststand rings 102, a stand spike 103 and two second stand rings 104. Thesecond stand rings 104 have different diameters with respect each other.Each stand leg 101 has a first end and a second end. To form the stand10, firstly, bend the first end of each stand leg 101 to form the firstend of each stand leg 101 to be L-shaped. And then, the first end ofeach stand leg 101 includes a bent portion 105 and a distal portion 106,with the bent portion 105 approximately perpendicular to the relatedstand leg 101, with the distal portion 106 approximately perpendicularto the related bent portion 105. Secondly, set the larger second standrings 104 on the distal portion 106 of each stand legs 101, and evenlyarrange the stand legs 101 around the larger second stand rings 104.Thirdly, set the smaller second stand rings 104 onto the bent portions105. Moreover, the second stand rings 104 are welded with the stand legs101 respectively. The first ends of the stand legs 101 and the secondstand rings 104 define a containing portion 11 adapted for receiving thesolid fuel means 20. The stand spike 103 is installed to the second endsof the stand legs 101 for inserting into the ground for anchoring thesolid fuel torch (shown in FIG. 5). The first stand rings 102 aresurrounded with the stand legs 101 and disposed on the stand 10 inposition.

The solid fuel means 20 includes a metal can body 21 containing solidfuel (not numbered) and a wick 22 provided in the center of the solidfuel and protruding from a top surface 23 of the solid fuel. In thisembodiment, the solid fuel is solid wax preferably. A thin solid wax isprovided on the surface of the wick 22 for facilitating light up thewick 22. A diameter of the wick 22 is larger than the one eighthdiameter of the solid fuel preferably.

The flame collector that is provided for covering the solid fuel means20 includes an enclosed barrel 30, a casing means 40 and an air shieldmeans 50.

The enclosed barrel 30, which is made of metal and defines a meshportion 31, is removably disposed in the containing portion 11 andlimited by the second stand rings 104. The enclosed barrel 30 surroundsthe solid fuel means 20, and a channel 32 is defined between the canbody 21 and the enclosed barrel 30, with the channel 32 having apremeditated width. Air can be guided from either the mesh portion 31 orthe bottom of the channel 32 for combustion-supporting of the wick 22 ofthe solid fuel means 20.

The casing means 40 consists of a guiding portion 41 and a main body 42,with the guiding portion 41 disposed in the center of the main body 42and welded with the main body 42. The main body 42 is in form of hollowlid and has a top surface 401 and a sidewall 402, with the bottom of thesidewall 402 slightly bent outwardly. The guiding portion 41 has a firstend and a second end, with the first end provided to extend from a topsurface of the main body 42, with the second end provided in the mainbody 42. The guiding portion 41 is preferably shaped like an awl in thisembodiment, with inner diameter of the guiding portion 41 increasingfrom the first end of the guiding portion 41 to the second end of theguiding portion 41; however, the guiding portion 41 also can be shapedlike a cylinder with an equal inner diameter. A central channel 411 isdefined through the guiding portion 41 longitudinally, and numbers ofapertures 412 are arranged annularly on the second end of the guidingportion 41, with the apertures 412 in communication with the centralchannel 411. In use, the main body 42 of the casing means 40 is mountedon the top of the enclosed barrel 30, and the second end of the guidingportion 41 is exactly above the wick 22. And top 221 of the wick 22 isslightly inserted into the central channel 411, with the distancebetween the top 221 of the wick 22 and the top surface 23 of the solidfuel is larger than the distance between bottom portion 413 of thesecond end of the guiding portion 41 and the top surface 23 of the solidfuel. Therefore, The bottom portion 413 of the second end of the guidingportion 41 is away from the top surface 23 of the solid fuel, with thetop 221 of the wick 22 and a gap 43 is defined between the second end ofthe guiding portion 41 and the top surface 23 of the solid fuel.Therefore, the air guided from either the mesh portion 31 or the bottomof the channel 32 is split to flow through either the gap 43 or theapertures 412 into the central channel 411. The split air which flowsthrough the gap 43 is provided to supply the wick 22combustion-supporting gas, oxygen, so that the wick 22 can continue toburn. The split air is pressurized while flowing through the apertures412 as to increase the height of flames A of the wick 22. Moreover,while the flames A move upwardly through the central channel 411,because the inner diameter of the first end of the guiding portion 41 issmaller than the second end of the guiding portion 41, the centralchannel 411 pressurizes and centralizes the flames A.

The air shield means 50 is hollow and formed via rolling up a metalplate. The air shield means 50 is removably mounted on the casing means40, and the bottom of the air shield means 50 is abutted with the bottomof the sidewall 402 of the casing means 40 for securely installation ofthe air shield means 50 and the casing means 40. The air shield means 50is wind proof as to prevent height of the flames A decreasing by windand destroying the structure of the flames A. Numbers of pattern holes51 are annularly arranged on the wall of the air shield means 50 foraesthetics. The pattern holes 51 are in form of variable-geometry orcharacters and provided near the top of the air shield means 50. Numbersof adjusting holes 52 are annularly arranged on the wall of the airshield means 50. The adjusting holes 52 are in form of bar and providednear the bottom of the air shield means 50. A piece 53 is installed ontothe exterior of each adjusting hole 52 and operated to adjust the sizeof opening of the related adjusting hole 52 so that users can peep theinterior of the air shield means 50 via the adjusting holes 52. Further,the air shield means 50 can be in form of transparent glass so that usercan directly peep the interior of the air shield means 50 via the wallof the air shield means 50. The transparent glass can be multicoloredfor aesthetics.

A cap means 60 is provided to extinguish the flames A and includes ahandle 61 and a hanging portion 62. The handle 61 is connected to theexterior of the cap means 60, and the hanging portion 62 is formed fromthe distal end of the handle 61 for hanging to the stand 10 in position(shown in FIG. 5). The handle 61 is in form of L-shaped. A innerdiameter of the cap means 60 corresponds to the diameter of the firstend of the guiding portion 41 so that while desiring to extinguish theflames A, users can grip the handle 61 to drive the cap means 60 tomount on the first end of the guiding portion 41.

1. A solid fuel torch comprising: a stand including a containingportion; a solid fuel means which is received in the containing portionof the stand including solid fuel and a wick protruding from the solidfuel; and a flame collector mounted on the solid fuel means andincluding a casing means having a guiding portion and a main body;wherein the guiding portion pierces the main body and includes a firstend above the top of the main body, a second end below the top of themain body and a central channel defined therethrough, with the centralchannel provided above the wick of the solid fuel means.
 2. The solidfuel torch as claimed in claim 1, with a diameter of the first end ofthe guiding portion smaller than a diameter of the second end of theguiding portion as to form the guiding portion to be an awl; wherein aplurality of apertures arranged annularly on the second end of theguiding portion, with the bottom of the second end of guiding portion ata distance from the top surface of the solid fuel means.
 3. The solidfuel torch as claimed in claim 1, with the main body of the casing meansbeing a hollow lid and having a top surface and a sidewall, with thebottom of the sidewall slightly bent outwardly.
 4. The solid fuel torchas claimed in claim 2, with the main body of the casing means being ahollow lid and having a top surface and a sidewall, with the bottom ofthe sidewall slightly bent outwardly.
 5. The solid fuel torch as claimedin claim 3, wherein the flame collection further comprises an air shieldmeans mounted on the main body of the casing means.
 6. The solid fueltorch as claimed in claim 4, wherein the flame collection furthercomprises an air shield means mounted on the main body of the casingmeans.
 7. The solid fuel torch as claimed in claim 5, with the airshield means having a plurality of pattern holes and a plurality ofadjusting holes arranged on the wall thereof and a plurality of piecesinstalled on the adjusting holes respectively.
 8. The solid fuel torchas claimed in claim 6, with the air shield means having a plurality ofpattern holes and a plurality of adjusting holes arranged on the wallthereof and a plurality of pieces installed on the adjusting holesrespectively.
 9. The solid fuel torch as claimed in claim 5, with theair shield means made of transparent glass.
 10. The solid fuel torch asclaimed in claim 6, with the air shield means made of transparent glass.11. The solid fuel torch as claimed in claim 1, wherein the flamecollector further comprises an enclosed barrel disposed in thecontaining portion of the stand and surrounding the solid fuel means,with the casing means mounted on the enclosed barrel.
 12. The solid fueltorch as claimed in claim 1, with a diameter of the wick larger thaneighth of a diameter of the solid fuel.
 13. The solid fuel torch asclaimed in claim 1, wherein the wick further defines top slightlyinserted into the central channel, with the distance between the top ofthe wick and the solid fuel being larger than the distance between thesecond end of the guiding portion and the solid fuel.
 14. The solid fueltorch as claimed in claim 2, wherein the wick further defines topslightly inserted into the central channel, with the distance betweenthe top of the wick and the solid fuel being larger than the distancebetween the second end of the guiding portion and the solid fuel.